Jeff, Ross and James are hauled back into the boardroom (Picture: BBC)

The boys found themselves on the losing side yet again after a decorating task on The Apprentice.

Team Vitality only managed to scrape together a 12% profit margin, and were totally trounced by Team Graphene who made a 56% margin.

However the girls weren’t allowed to bask in the glory as Lord Sugar was furious with both teams for the poor design quality of the rooms.

He slammed the girls for spending too little on their room and making too much profit (too much, Lord Sugar? Really?), and told them: ‘It’s not a case of I liked it more, I hated it less.’ Ouch.

Lord Sugar sent Team Graphene off to have their caricatures drawn by renowned cartoonist Gerald Scarfe at the plush Rosewood London hotel, while Team Vitality sulked in the cafe.

Jeff, Ross and James ended up in the boardroom, where Lord Sugar slated the boys’ choice of design, saying: ‘The colours! If I stayed in that hotel I’d wake up in the night and think I was in the middle of a trifle.’

Not even Jeff’s break-dancing could save him (Picture: BBC)

There was a bit of a shock when Ross took a huge Risk and answered back, telling Lord Sugar: ‘I’m trying to actually explain, preferably, not to be rude, but uninterrupted would be really helpful just so I can get something across.’ Very, very bold move.

However it was Jeff at the receiving end of the ‘You’re fired!’ catchphrase as Lord Sugar felt he had botched up the numbers.

‘Jeff, in your paperwork that you put forward you call yourself a chameleon, and that you will adapt yourself to all different business situations. Well, when Ross asked you to be the numbers man, you certainly vanished like a chameleon,’ he said.